39-year-old Emmanuel Macron, the youngest President in the country’s history and the 8th President of France’s Fifth Republic, was inaugurated on Sunday as France’s new President at the Elysee palace in Paris.

Macron was accompanied by former President Francois Hollande to his car and shook hands.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has stated that the world is at the threshold of digital economy and therefore the island nation should go for digitalization. A digital economy should be established in Sri Lanka to strengthen the national economy. As a first step, Wi-Fi zones will be set up throughout the island.